Courses
Course descriptions and schedules offered below are a helpful guide to find courses offered by the department.
This listing is not meant to replace the official course catalog maintained by the University Registrar.
SOCIOL 1101
Introductory Sociology
Fundamental concepts of sociology and introduction to the analysis of social problems and interactions (e.g. wealth, gender, race, inequality, family, crime) using sociological theories.
Au, Sp, Su Sems. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 1101H (101H), 1101E, 101, RurlSoc 1500 (105), or equiv. GE soc sci orgs and polities and diversity soc div in the US course.
SOCIOL 1101H
Introduction to Sociology (Honors)
Fundamentals of sociology and introduction to the analysis of social problems and social interactions, (e.g., wealth, gender, race inequality, family, crime) using sociological theories.
Au, Sp, Su Sems. Prereq: Honors standing, or permission of department or instructor. Not open to students with credit for 1101H (101H), 1101E, 101, RurlSoc 1500 (105), or equiv. GE soc sci orgs and polities and diversity soc div in the US course. SS Admis Cond course.
SOCIOL 2202
Social Problems and Public Policy
Analysis of contemporary social problems such as inequality, discrimination, and crime.
SOCIOL 2209
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Examination of the development and administration of criminal law and agencies (police, courts, corrections); emphasis on criminal proceedings and their justification.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 209.
SOCIOL 2210
Sociological Aspects of Deviance
Study of the definition, identification, treatment, and control of types of legal, moral, and status deviance, such as crime, mental illness, alcoholism, and other individual pathologies.
Au, Sp Sems. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 210. GE soc sci indivs and groups course.
SOCIOL 2211S
Corrections: An Inside-Out Course
Examines theory and policy, and is comprised of OSU students and prison inmates with class meetings held in a local state prison. Though course is repeatable, only one iteration will count for GE credit.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs. GE service learning course.
SOCIOL 2290
Sociology of Death and Dying
Provides a sociological overview of death and dying, including the demographics of death, social epidemiology, and social meanings of death and dying.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 290.
SOCIOL 2300
Sociology of Culture and Popular Culture
Provides a sociological understanding of culture including the influence of culture on inequality and social change and sociological interpretations of popular culture. The course will examine how sociologists define and empirically study culture; theoretical approaches; aspects of culture including media, consumer goods, etc; prevalence of cultural patterns in all societies.
SOCIOL 2309
Introduction to Law and Society
Introduction to the law as a social institution, including the origins of law and its relationship to other social institutions, social control, and social change.
SOCIOL 2310
Sociology of Gangs
Broad range of topics related to gang activity with a focus on why individuals join gangs, societal consequences of gangs, and social policy.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 310.
SOCIOL 2320
Sociology of Education
Current social trends as they affect education; backgrounds of school children, social status of teachers, role of power and bureaucracy.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 320. GE soc sci human, nat, and econ resources course.
SOCIOL 2345
The Social Structure of American Society
An exposition of the structural patterns of American society, using sociological theories and data to form an integrated perspective.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 345. GE soc sci orgs and polities course.
SOCIOL 2367.01H
The Political Elite and Interest Groups (Honors)
Sociological analysis of American politics and society, emphasizing political elites and interest groups, and the changing role of the state in the economy.
Prereq: Honors standing, and English 1110 (110), 1111, or 111, or equivalent; or permission of department or instructor. Not open to students with credit for 367.01H. GE writing and comm: level 2 and soc sci orgs and polities course.
SOCIOL 2367.02
Urban Social Problems
The place of the city in social organization; the emergence, nature, and problems of modern urbanism; projects based in census and field data.
Prereq: English 1110 (110) or 1111 (111) or equiv. Not open to students with credit for 367.02. GE writing and comm course: level 2 and soc sci orgs and polities course.
SOCIOL 2370
Social Psychology in Sociological Perspective
Analysis of relationships between society and the individual. Learning of motives and social roles, socialization, group organization and disorganization. Development of self and personality.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 370. GE soc sci indivs and groups course.
SOCIOL 3191
Internship Program in Sociology and Criminology
An opportunity for work experience and on-the-job learning in sociology and criminology related employment. Employment or experience through the Internship Program conducted under the supervision of the internship coordinator. Requires completion of internship learning agreement.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs or 3 completions. This course is graded S/U.
SOCIOL 3200
Sociology of Immigration
Provides a sociological understanding of contemporary migration both globally and with a particular focus on the U.S. The course will examine why migration occurs; how it is sustained over time; and how immigrants are incorporated into the host society. Social relations as central to understanding immigration will be a focus of the course.
GE diversity soc div in the US course.
SOCIOL 3302
Technology and Global Society
Social aspects of technology, social change, and technological development; underdevelopment and the global economy.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for Sociol 302.
SOCIOL 3306
Sociology of Poverty
A study of low-income peoples, especially concerning the effect of poverty on them, and their consequent social participation.
GE diversity soc div in the US course.
SOCIOL 3315
Sociology of Terrorism
Provides a broad review of the definitions, histories, types, and theories of terrorism from a sociological perspective.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 315.
SOCIOL 3380
Racial and Ethnic Relations in America
Historical and contemporary study of race and ethnicity in the U.S. with a focus on relations within and between groups.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2380 or 380. GE soc sci indivs and groups course.
SOCIOL 3410
Criminology
Theories of delinquency, crime, and criminal careers; scientific aspects of crime measurement.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 410.
SOCIOL 3430
Sociology of the Family
Analysis of relationships between the family and the larger society including mate selection, status of women, and patterns of husband-wife and parent-child relationships.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 430.
SOCIOL 3434
The Child and Society
A study of the ways in which society socializes children; current breakdown in the socializing processes and implications for the school and other educational agencies.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 434.
SOCIOL 3435
Sociology of Gender
Analyzes multilevel processes that differentiate women and men in education, employment, and relationships. Examines variations in gendered experiences across race-ethnicity, social class, and sexuality.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 435. GE diversity soc div in the US course.
SOCIOL 3460
Environmental Justice
Examines environmental issues from a sociological perspective, especially human causes of environmental change such as technology, population, and consumption, and social reactions.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 460. GE soc sci human, nat, and econ resources course.
SOCIOL 3463
Social Stratification: Race, Class, and Gender
The study of social inequality with a focus on inequalities by class and status, race and ethnicity, and gender.
GE soc sci human, nat, and econ resources course.
SOCIOL 3464
Work, Employment, and Society
Analysis of work organization; control and authority relationships in the workplace; comparative studies of work and labor movements; industrial decline; automation.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 464.
SOCIOL 3467
Sociology of Religion
The social role of religious institutions and beliefs, with particular reference to the United States; the relation between religion and other aspects of society.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 467. GE diversity soc div in the US course.
SOCIOL 3487
Research Methods in Sociology
Introduction to sociological research techniques, methodological approaches, and relevant quantitative procedures.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 487.
SOCIOL 3488
Introduction to Sociological Theory
Introductory statement of the nature of sociological theory, its basic problems, assumptions, major types and orientations, and principal contributions to the discipline.
Prereq: 3 cr hrs taken at 2000-3000 level. Not open to students with credit for 488.
SOCIOL 3549
Statistics in Sociology
An introduction to the application and interpretation of quantitative analysis in sociological research; emphasis on the description of social variables and hypothesis testing.
Au, Sp, Su Sems. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 549. GE data anly course.
SOCIOL 3597.01
World Problems in Global Context
Sociological analysis of contemporary world societies - non-industrialized, industrializing, and industrialized - with special attention to major social institutions and patterns of social change.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 597.01. GE diversity global studies and cross-disciplinary seminar course.
SOCIOL 3597.02
World Population Problems
General introduction to population studies, emphasizing how population growth and structure have caused or aggravated social problems in various countries.
Prereq: A general education quantitative reasoning course. Not open to students with credit for 597.02. GE diversity global studies and cross-disciplinary seminar course.
SOCIOL 3630
Medical Sociology
Sociological analysis of the distribution of disease, and the nature of health care institutions, health professions, and the delivery of health care services.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 630.
SOCIOL 3798.03
Genocide and its Aftermath in Rwanda
Course explores the 1994 Rwandan genocide through active learning experiences in Rwanda. Topics include: origins and causes of the genocide in Rwanda and globally; forms of violence, participants, and victims; aftermath and legal response including gacaca courts and collective memories; and human rights, development, and economic growth in Rwanda today.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. GE education abroad course.
SOCIOL 4000E
Social Science Business Collaborative: A Service Learning Approach
Sociology 4000E is an Honors Embedded course in which students learn to develop research projects through collaboration with a local business on a service project. Uses University resources to address community issues, facilitate data collection, learn project management and present research findings in academic and applied settings and learn through improving the community.
Prereq: Honors standing, and 1101; or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs. GE service learning course.
SOCIOL 4000S
Social Science Business Collaborative: A Service Learning Approach
Sociology 4000S is course that helps students develop research projects through collaboration with a local business to work on a service project; link university resources to bear on community issues, facilitate data collection, learn project management, present research findings in academic and applied settings, learn through improving the community.
Prereq: 1101, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs. GE service learning course.
SOCIOL 4189.03
Criminal Investigation
Theory and practice of criminal investigation and prosecution in the U.S. Criminal Justice System with attention to: (1) the roles of the law enforcement officer, prosecutor, and court personnel; (2) familiarization with various investigative techniques; (3) the collection and preservation of physical evidence; and (4) constitutional limitations and ethical considerations.
Prereq: Enrollment in Criminology major or minor, or permission of instructor.
SOCIOL 4193
Individual Studies
Individual studies.
Prereq: 12 cr hrs in Sociol, and permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs or 5 completions. This course is graded S/U.
SOCIOL 4463
Food and Inequality in the United States
An examination of the topic of social inequality through the lens of food. An analysis of how social stratification affects individual's access to food, as well as the meaning people attach to food.
Prereq: Jr standing or above, or permission of instructor or department. GE soc sci orgs and polities and diversity soc div in the US course.
SOCIOL 4505
Capital Punishment in the United States
Examines the role of capital punishment in the contemporary United States.
Prereq: Jr or Sr standing; or permission of instructor, or department. Not open to students with credit for 505.
SOCIOL 4506
Drugs and Society
Sociological perspective on substance use. Exploration of the causes, consequences, and criminalization of substance use; consideration of race and class differences in drug enforcement; media portrayals of substance use; global perspectives on drug use and drug law.
Prereq: Jr standing or higher, or permission of instructor.
SOCIOL 4507
The Criminal Justice System
Advanced study of the role and operation of the criminal justice system: police, courts, and corrections.
Prereq: Jr standing or above, or permission of instructor or department.
SOCIOL 4508
Violence
Examines societal definitions of violence, theories that are most commonly invoked to explain violence, and research designed to critically evaluate theories of violence.
Prereq: Jr standing or above, or permission of instructor or department. Not open to students with credit for 4670.02, 508, or 673.
SOCIOL 4509
Sociology of Law
The relationship between law and social order emphasizing the structure of law, social origins of law, and law as a source of social change.
Prereq: Jr standing or above, or permission of instructor or department. Not open to students with credit for 509.
SOCIOL 4510
Gender, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System
Analysis of females as participants in and victims of crime, the treatment of women in the criminal justice system, women as workers in criminal justice fields.
Prereq: Jr or Sr standing; or permission of instructor, or department. Not open to students with credit for 510.
SOCIOL 4511
Juvenile Delinquency
A sociological perspective in youth and crime; special attention to the magnitude of youth crime, theories, juvenile justice systems, and prevention and control efforts.
Prereq: Jr or Sr standing; or permission of instructor, or department.
SOCIOL 4609
Neighborhoods and Crime
Exploration of the social distribution of crime, with attention to the patterns and sources of neighborhood crime, and the impact of crime on fear of crime and on neighborhood decline.
Prereq: Jr or Sr standing; or permission of instructor, or department. Not open to students with credit for 609.
SOCIOL 4610
Sociology of Deviant Behavior
An examination of the nature, types, and societal reactions to deviant behavior; special emphasis on the process of stigmatization and the emergence of deviant subcultures.
Prereq: Jr or Sr standing; or permission of instructor, or department. Not open to students with credit for 610.
SOCIOL 4611
Prisons, Jails, and Community Corrections
Overview of prisons, jails, and community corrections from institutional and prisoner perspectives.
Prereq: Jr or Sr standing; or permission of instructor, or department. Not open to students with credit for 611.
SOCIOL 4615
Control and Prevention of Crime and Delinquency
Analysis of the operational effectiveness of special measures and programs pointed toward the control and prevention of crime and delinquency.
Prereq: Jr or Sr standing; or permission of instructor, or department. Not open to students with credit for 615.
SOCIOL 4635
Gender and Society
Advanced seminar on the social and personal meanings of masculinity and femininity and variations across race-ethnicity, sexuality, and social class. Examines gender as a social phenomenon and system of social practices.
Prereq: Jr or Sr standing; or permission of instructor, or department.
SOCIOL 4650
Undergraduate Seminar in Social Networks
In this seminar, we will study both the theoretical and substantive development of the field of social networks as well as methodological tools necessary for conducting research. We will explore how our relationships significantly shape many aspects of our lives including cognition, motivations, identity, social mobility, group organization and resource distribution.
Prereq: Any GE Basic Computation, or GE Mathematical or Logical Analysis course; or permission of instructor.
SOCIOL 4655
Sociology of Sport
Sport from a sociological perspective; relationship of sport to social institutions; socialization into sport; stratification within sports; sport and small group analysis.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 655.
SOCIOL 4998
Undergraduate Research in Sociology
Undergraduate research or creative activities in variable topics.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs or 9 completions. This course is graded S/U.
SOCIOL 4999.01
Thesis Research: Sociology (Non-Honors)
A conference-thesis course for students not enrolled in the Honors program; subject matter will vary depending upon student's topic.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs or 6 completions. This course is graded S/U.
SOCIOL 4999.01H
Honors Thesis Research: Sociology (Honors)
A conference-thesis course; subject matter will vary depending upon student's topic. At least 2 semesters are required for the degree BA with sociol distinction. Failure to receive a mark of S in this course is a disqualification for special honors.
Prereq: Honors standing, and permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs or 6 completions. This course is graded S/U.
SOCIOL 4999.02
Thesis Research: Criminology and Criminal Justice (Non-Honors)
A conference-thesis course for students not enrolled in the Honors program; subject matter will vary depending on student's topic.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs or 6 completions. This course is graded S/U.
SOCIOL 4999.02H
Honors Thesis Research: Criminology and Criminal Justice (Honors)
A conference-thesis course; subject matter will vary depending upon student's topic. At least 2 semesters are required for the degree BA with crimino distinction. Failure to receive a mark of S in this course is a disqualification for special honors.
Prereq: Honors standing, and permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs or 6 completions. This course is graded S/U.
SOCIOL 5450
Sociology of Global Health and Illness
Sociological study of health and illness from a global perspective. Topics include health, illness, and related behaviors; disease processes, correlates of diseases, global efforts to improve health, and comparative health care systems.
Prereq: Jr, Sr, Grad standing; or permission of instructor, or department. Not open to students with credit for 450. GE diversity global studies course.
SOCIOL 5463
Advanced Social Stratification
In-depth theoretical and empirical questions driving the field of inequality, poverty, and social mobility in the 21st century will be explored. We will focus on class, race, and gender inequality in the US, though the course will also develop tools for understanding inequality and poverty across times and places.
Prereq: Jr, Sr, or Grad standing; or permission of instructor or department.
SOCIOL 5503
Social Change in Central and Eastern Europe
Examines and discusses various approaches to social change, focusing on Central and Eastern Europe and its transition to the post communist era. It deals with political, economic, and cultural aspects of life in the region.
Prereq: 3 cr hrs at 2000-3000 (200-400) or higher level. Not open to students with credit for 503.
SOCIOL 5525
Global Criminology
Provides students an introduction to global crime from a criminal justice perspective.
Prereq: Jr, Sr, Grad standing; or permission of instructor, or department. Not open to students with credit for 525.
SOCIOL 5605
Sociology of Sexuality
A social and institutional approach to the study of sexuality with a focus in sexual identities, practices, institutions, communities, and sexuality movements.
Prereq: Jr, Sr, Grad standing; or permission of instructor, or department. Not open to students with credit for 605.
SOCIOL 5618
Sociology of Police and Policing
Sociological understanding of the origins of routine police conduct and misconduct; representative topics include police-citizen encounters and police abuse of discretion.
Prereq: Jr, Sr, or Grad standing; or permission of instructor, or department. Not open to students with credit for 618.
SOCIOL 5629
Health Disparities in Social Context
Analysis of the social determinants of health and health disparities with a focus on stratification/inequality. Includes variations in health disparities over the life course.
Prereq: Jr standing or above, or permission of instructor or department. Not open to students with credit for 629.
SOCIOL 5650
Presenting and Communicating Quantitative Data
Course will broaden knowledge of social science data sources, sharpen analytic skills, utilize software to graphically present research findings, and develop skills in writing about quantitative research for professional and lay audiences.
Prereq: 3487 and 3549, and Jr standing; or permission of instructor.
SOCIOL 5925
Offender Decision Making and Prisoner Reentry
Introduces students to research on contemporary issues faced by state and federal correctional systems. The course draws from multidisciplinary scholarship that examines offender decision making, factors that promote recidivism, and how to successfully reintegrate inmates back into society.
Prereq: Completion of a 3000-level or higher Sociol course, and Jr or Sr standing; or Grad standing; or permission of instructor or department.
SOCIOL 5950
Evidence-Based Practice in Criminal Justice
This course examines the history and principles of effective evidence-based programs in criminal justice setting. Students will develop an evidence-based solution to a real world problem, in a criminal justice agency of their choosing.
Prereq: Completion of a 3000-level or higher Sociol course, and Jr or Sr standing; or Grad standing; or permission of instructor or department.
SOCIOL 6193
Individual Studies
Individual Studies. Repeatable. This course is graded S/U.
Prereq: 18 cr hrs in Sociol; or Grad standing, and permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 99 cr hrs or 99 completions. This course is graded S/U.
SOCIOL 6582
Sociological Theory
Analysis of classical systems and their representatives, e.g., positivistic social evolutionism (Compte, Spencer, Durkheim), historical materialism (Marx-Engels), and humanistic idealistic reactions (Toennies, Simmel, M. Weber).
Prereq: Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for 782.
SOCIOL 6608
Qualitative Methods in Sociology
A survey of qualitative approaches to social research, including participant observation, intensive interviewing, and archival/documentary analysis.
Prereq: Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for 704.
SOCIOL 6649
Intro to Quantitative Research/Multiple Regression
Assumptions, principles, and applications of the multiple regression model in sociological practice; basic model, dummy variables, and special functional forms.
Prereq: Honors standing, and Grad standing; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 648 or 649.
SOCIOL 6650
Categorical Data Analysis
Techniques of analysis for examining nominally measured dependent variables, and treatment of error structures that are heteroskedastic or correlated across cases.
Prereq: 6649 (649) and Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 703.
SOCIOL 6655
Sociological Research Methods
Theory and practice in essentials of the research process; comparison of alternative approaches and design models; questionnaire construction, interview techniques, and related problems.
Prereq: 6649 (649) or equiv, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 651.
SOCIOL 6708
Design and Analysis of Qualitative Sociological Research
Problems and techniques of non-quantitative data analysis including case studies, participant observation, field diary, autobiography, and historical records.
Prereq: 6649. Not open to students with credit for 708. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs.
SOCIOL 6710
Design and Analysis of Sociological Research
Problem formulation, hypothesis testing, argumentation from data, and writing for professional audiences; research practicum leading to a research project.
Prereq: Grad standing in Sociol, or permission of instructor.
SOCIOL 6800
Proseminar in Sociology
Each week an area of specialization within sociology will be discussed by a professor whose major interest is in that area; provides an overview of special topics and current issues. Open only to 1st year graduate students.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 800. This course is progress graded (S/U).
SOCIOL 6999
Research for Thesis
Research for thesis purposes only. Au and Sp Semesters Repeatable. This course is graded S/U.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 998. This course is graded S/U.
SOCIOL 7700
Writing and Publishing in Sociology
Designed to review the mechanics of writing and publishing in sociology and related specialty journals.
Prereq: 6655 (651). Not open to students with credit for 700.
SOCIOL 7718
Criminology Theory and Research
An advanced introduction and critical study of measurement, theory and research in criminology.
Prereq: Grad standing or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 718.
SOCIOL 7723
Sociology of Crime Control and Punishment
Theoretical survey of reactions to crime including arrest, charge, and sentencing.
Prereq: Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for 723.
SOCIOL 7735
Sociology of Gender
An examination of current theory and research on the sociology of gender through extensive readings.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 735.
SOCIOL 7753
Introduction to Demographic Analysis
An exposition of census data and vital statistics, demographic rates, life tables, cohort analysis, and similar elementary techniques and data sources in demography.
Prereq: Graduate standing, or permission of instructor with approval by Graduate School for undergraduate credit.
SOCIOL 7754
Introduction to Demography
An exposition of census data and vital statistics, demographic rates, life tables, cohort analysis, and similar elementary techniques and data sources in demography.
Prereq: One course in Stat. Not open to students with credit for 754.
SOCIOL 7755
Fertility
A critical and methodological analysis of fertility, with special emphasis on the social context of reproductive behavior in American society.
SOCIOL 7758
Health Disparities in the United States
Social and demographic forces that affect well being, health, and survival.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor with approval by Graduate School for undergraduate credit.
SOCIOL 7761
Social Stratification
A survey of major theories, issues, and empirical literature on societal stratification and inequality with particular focus on the United States.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 761.
SOCIOL 7780
Racial and Ethnic Differences
An analysis of the origin, persistence, adaptation and change of systems and racial and ethnic differentiation.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 780.
SOCIOL 7790
Social Organization of the Community
An examination of the nature, structures, processes, and trends of social organization of modern communities.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 790.
SOCIOL 7820
Sociology of Education
Special problems will be considered in different semesters, including urban education, student movements, bureaucratic-professional problems, school-community relations, and innovation.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 820.
SOCIOL 7837
Political Sociology
Selected topics in political sociology.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 837.
SOCIOL 7884.03
Seminar: Medical Sociology
Topics in medical sociology selected to give the advanced student opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered.
Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs.
SOCIOL 7884.08
Seminar: The Family
Topics in family studies selected to give the advanced student opportunity to pursue special studies not otherwise offered.
Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs.
SOCIOL 7884.15
Seminar: Unclassified
Unclassified seminar.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 884.15. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs.
SOCIOL 8580
Issues in Contemporary Theory
A critical examination of contemporary theory in sociology with an emphasis on individual action in the social context.
Prereq: 6582 (782), or 6584 (784), or permission of instructor.
SOCIOL 8607
Causal Modeling
A survey of advanced problems in the multivariate analysis of sociological data.
Prereq: 6649 (649). Not open to students with credit for 707.
SOCIOL 8632
Analysis of Longitudinal Data
Provides an introduction to event history analysis and other types of longitudinal data analysis.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 852.
SOCIOL 8651
Hierarchical Linear Models
Introduction to hierarchical linear and nonlinear models; review of three level, latent growth curve, cross-classified, and latent variable models for hierarchical data.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 851.
SOCIOL 8801
PhD Proseminar
Orientation for new PhD students in sociology.
Prereq: Doct standing in Sociol. Not open to students with credit for 801. This course is progress graded (S/U).
SOCIOL 8802
Seminar for Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Demography
Core required course for students enrolled in the Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Demography (GISD). Presents an introduction to demography (the study of populations) and population health.
Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor with approval by Graduate School for undergraduate credit. Repeatable up to a maximum of 12 cr hrs. Cross-listed in PubHlth.
SOCIOL 8999
Research For Dissertation
Research for dissertation purposes only.
Repeatable. This course is graded S/U.